ImageMagick, convert testing. please help.

[zOmbit]

Hello,
I try to convert an image file(in tga/tiff/bmp format), using convert.exe tool in ImageMagick-5.5.6-win.

I executed: convert.exe a.tga a.pcl
then, there is a a.pcl file, the content of file seems to be a pcl file.
but when I send a.pcl to HP2200 printer(using rawprint from, MSDN - 138594 : HOWTO: Send Raw Data to a Printer by Using the Win32 API)
the result is not what I expect.

does anyone have a successful case on converting image to PCL using open-source/free tool??

thank in advance.
zombit~

 

[jlasman]

You don't say what is wrong with the image. Is it just rendered poorly or are you getting garbage?

Is there perhaps a command line flag that needs to added
to render the image properly?
Jim Asman
jlasman@telus.net

 

[zOmbit]

Hi,
I post my test image.
0. Original image.

http://home.kimo.com.tw/iamzombit/modom.gif

1. convert with TIFF2PCL(PAGETECH) without any flag.

http://home.kimo.com.tw/iamzombit/modom_pt.jpg

2. convert with CONVERT(ImageMagick) without any flag.

http://home.kimo.com.tw/iamzombit/modom_mgk.jpg

I also try TIFF2PCL with -sx, -sy flag, but not help.
thank for your reply.

zombit~
hardded@yahoo.com.tw

 

[zOmbit]

sorry link is wrong.

try.
1.

http://info.sayya.org/~zombit//image/modom.gif

2.

http://info.sayya.org/~zombit//image/modom_pt.jpg

3.

http://info.sayya.org/~zombit//image/modom_mgk.jpg

 

[jlasman]

It looks like there is someting wrong with the image parameters in the original file; however, I was able to produce a good PCL file using my MKPCL program. I had to convert the GIF to a BMP for MKPCL to read it as it only supports BMP, JPG, and PCX.

You might try to convert to BMP first, and try your conversion process again. I see that the original is an
8bit per pixel file. Maybe the conversion tools that you used either don't support it(unlikely really) in a PCL conversion, or there is an option whre you specify the pixel depth when you run the program.

I can email the PCL file I made if you send me your address.

Hopefully, someone from PageTech can shed some light on what is happening.
Jim Asman
jlasman@telus.net

 

[jlasman]

A sanity check.

When you ran PageTech's TIFF2PCL, you did convert it to a TIF file before you started, didn't you?
Jim Asman
jlasman@telus.net

 

[zOmbit]

Hi Jim,
thank you for your reply.
yes, when I use TIFF2PCL, I have converted original file to TIF format.

I will try more image format.

zombit
hardded@yahoo.com.tw